From: Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>
Date: 2003-01-06T16:44:47+09:00
Subject: Re: Compatibility (was Class.inherited)


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Phil Tomson (ptkwt@shell1.aracnet.com) wrote:

> And, if changes must be made that break code perhaps we should offer=20
> compatibility modules, something like:
>=20
> #Say I'm running 1.8, but I want it to act like 1.6*:
> require 'ruby_1.6'
>=20
>=20
> ....or some similar mechanism.=20
> Or, what about a command line option?

Here's one that goes the other way...

[23:42] drbrain@asx:~$ uname
FreeBSD
[23:42] drbrain@asx:~$ m /usr/ports/lang/ruby16-shim-ruby18/pkg-descr=20
Ruby Shim is a set of modules that provide the libraries and the
additional features that will appear in the next version of Ruby.

Shim between 1.6 and 1.8 includes:

        features/ruby18 Hooks to support ruby 1.8 extensions
        dl              Interface to dynamic linker
        racc-runtime    Racc runtime module
        stringio        IO interface for String
        strscan         Fast string scanner
        benchmark       Benchmark module
        fileutils       File & directory manipulation
        optparse        Advanced command line option parser
        pp              Pretty printer (prettier version of `p')
        set             Set class
        tsort           Topological sorter

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